Idiom
put past
Meaning
To consider (something) to be not possible for (someone) (to do); (see also put it past).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I would not put it past him to lie.”
“She is very competitive, so I would not put it past her to cheat to win.”
“Given his history of unpredictable behavior and disregard for the rules, I would not put it past him to abandon the project entirely before the deadline.”
Examples
simple
“I would not put it past him to lie.”
contextual
“She is very competitive, so I would not put it past her to cheat to win.”
complex
“Given his history of unpredictable behavior and disregard for the rules, I would not put it past him to abandon the project entirely before the deadline.”
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